Big Light Tutorial: Contrast and Shadow Structure Another area where people get confused in lighting is the difference between hard/soft light and high/low contrast. Many people intuitively…
Question about Hard Light and Skin Defects After I published Rachel’s question two days ago a few people asked me why the direct light emphasize skin defects and if it’s always the…
Big Light Tutorial: Reflections and Reflectors When white light falls on golden reflector, only golden component reflects and falls on the model — blue component gets absorbed.
Big Light Tutorial Understanding of light is one of the corner stones of working as a photographer. Light is your brush if you will, so you need to know it’s…
Question About Social Media Since Social Media For Photographers Tutorial I got a few questions about how much time do I spend using social media because it looks like…
Working With Models: Posing Styles I love to work with people from outside the industry, especially when it comes to man characters. But if a person has his/her first photoshoot and can’t neither pose, nor act, what artistic means are left?
Question To Franziska: How Do You Connect With The Story In Such A Short Time? It certainly took some time and also practice to be able to connect with a particular theme on set immediately from one shoot to the other……
Working with a Model: Posing Styles, Part 2 So here goes a short description of posing styles I saw in my practice. We have 3 axis: Static vs. Dynamic, Posing vs. Acting and Diva vs. Artist — every axis of course is a spectrum, you will have well defined ends and everything in between as well.
Question To Franziska About Her Biggest Project And Her Favorite One It all depends what one considers “biggest.” Working with a huge crew including photographer, HMUA, stylist, designer, light-tech, several…
Working With a Model: Posing Styles Too often on my masterclasses I see how photographer just waits for model to “do her thing” without giving her any directions about poses or mood.
